RogermcAllen:Schnell said they were "very cooperative, very nice people," who were "very surprised" their dog was on the roof.

So the owners came home, the dog came down on his own. Does this mean they cooperated by not calling the cops on the idiot neighbor who was throwing shiat into their yard?

Yep, pretty much how it happens up in the frozen north. We kinda get along with a majority of our neighbors. In fact, unlike how Katrina played out, folks around here would share their generators food or even homes with neighbors during a crisis (like the 97 flood). No looting, no shooting, no biatching about compensation or how slow the government was to respond...we took care of our own and were pleasently surprised when the feds showed up and started helping too.

Chaim Witz:Just wait until all this snow starts melting. Then there will be news.

Just wait? Where have you been...under a rock? The eastern part of the state lost most of its snow the last few days. We have more standing water than snow right now...

Helmi_17:As a ND resident... I can say that this is pretty much par for the course.

Charlie Freak:Bschott007:Chaim Witz: Just wait until all this snow starts melting. Then there will be news.

Just wait? Where have you been...under a rock? The eastern part of the state lost most of its snow the last few days. We have more standing water than snow right now...

Right, but that melt isn't going anywhere. It's still going to be a nasty spring - especially with three more months of snow to go. It all comes down to how fast the thaw is in March/April.

Well, the emergency groups were saying that a lot of the melt is going into the rivers, lakes and streams. For the eastern part of the state, they said if we didn't get a ton of snow (like so often happens in Feb/March) the flooding wouldn't be as bad as if the rains and higher winter temps missed us and the snow stayed.

I agree it will be a bad spring, but thankfully it looks like we won't have a repeat of the 97 flood (like there was a fear may happen)

Bschott007:gunface: Damn, looks like another reason not to live in Minot. Until all the rain here in Fargo freezes, and it becomes Iceville.

Although playing Frisbee with a border collie across rooftops sounds appealing right now.

So true (on all accounts). Would you agree though that folks around here are, on average, fairly decent and willing to help when asked?

I would agree. Although I'm out in Fargo now and spent my fair share of time in the Bis, growing up on a farm during that '97 blizzard was the only convincing I needed that people are more than willing to help out.

That's not to say that people in B-town, Fargo or the other cities weren't helping each other out immensely.

As a lad in Buffalo, I walked up a snowbank to the roof of a gymnasium with a classmate. Next thing you know a town police officer was there to take us to jail. We had to call our parents to pick us up.

Bschott007:Charlie Freak: Bschott007:Chaim Witz: Just wait until all this snow starts melting. Then there will be news.

Just wait? Where have you been...under a rock? The eastern part of the state lost most of its snow the last few days. We have more standing water than snow right now...

Right, but that melt isn't going anywhere. It's still going to be a nasty spring - especially with three more months of snow to go. It all comes down to how fast the thaw is in March/April.

Well, the emergency groups were saying that a lot of the melt is going into the rivers, lakes and streams. For the eastern part of the state, they said if we didn't get a ton of snow (like so often happens in Feb/March) the flooding wouldn't be as bad as if the rains and higher winter temps missed us and the snow stayed.

I agree it will be a bad spring, but thankfully it looks like we won't have a repeat of the 97 flood (like there was a fear may happen)

Pardon my naivete, but isn't the Red still frozen? I saw it was still pretty much frozen solid on Sunday and I can't imagine two days of rain unfroze it.

Grew up in eastern Ontario, used to toboggan off the roof on a regular basis. Everyone on the RR Postal codes has two mailboxes, one several feet above the road. Many older houses (100 yrs +) have these wierd doors to no-where on the second floor, no balcony or stair just a door.People new to a place often have no idea why some thing are done in particular ways, they usually find out the hard way. Some one in my old home town built a garge for his Hummer and Lexus in a place I have seen 6 feet of fast running melt-water.

in december i was by the north dakota border and i broke soem air lines on my truck and i went outside to fix em when ti was around minus 50 with the windchill. i got real bad frost bite on my legs and i was only outside for like 5 mins and the frostbite marks are still there :P